Inspiration, ideas and information to help women build public speaking content, confidence and credibility. Denise Graveline is a Washington, DC-based speaker coach who has coached nearly 200 TEDMED and TEDx speakers--including one of 2016's most popular TED talks. She also has prepared speakers for presentations, testimony, and keynotes. She offers 1:1 coaching and group workshops in public speaking, presentation and media interview skills to both men and women.

You can see Allison in action in this promotional video for her speaking engagements, which highlight her dynamic style: speaking without notes or a lectern, she uses body movement and gestures to emphasize her points in a dynamic way, along with her voice, favoring an enthusiastic delivery suited to an inspirational speaker. It's fitting that she underscores her themes--risk-taking and facing challenges--by taking risks and tackling challenges as a speaker. As I've noted before, telling personal stories, stories you know backwards and forwards, helps you as a speaker. Because she recalls her stories and doesn't need notes, she's freed from the lectern and able to focus on enhancing her speech with gestures, movement and vocal variety.

About this series: One of my readers noted he was having trouble finding examples (especially on video) of top women speakers of today--plenty from the past, few from today. So I'm working to compile a list of the top 10 women speakers. Please send me your nominees! I'm looking for nominees from the present day, particularly those for which video examples can be found. You can mention your nominee and any video links in the comments below; send them to me on Twitter; or email me at info[at]dontgetcaught[dot]biz. (Photo of Allison from the Sweeney Agency.)